innovation

A few weeks ago I was at a conference where Ali Parsa, founder and CEO of Babylon Health, was the keynote speaker. It was a bold choice because nothing in the modern digital healthcare world seems to polarise opinion quite like Babylon, sending shivers of anxiety or excitement through their detractors and supporters.

Experts predict that AI supported surgery will become ‘common practice’ in the next five years as a London start-up deploys an Artificial Intelligence Platform set to act as a ‘navigational system’ for healthcare professionals.

Regional partnerships of NHS, academia and industry representatives will be invited to submit a bid to establish a Digital Innovation Hub in 2019.

The new Rosalind Franklin Institute is investing £6m in ground-breaking initiatives that will disrupt the drug development process.

Indu Subaiya, co-founder of Health 2.0 discusses value in bridging the gap between start-ups and European hospital IT leaders.

Resembling recent disruption in the perception of an IT professional’s role, HIMSS Europe is establishing a new, first-of-its-kind community bringing together digital leaders that will drive the transformation of healthcare across the pan-European region going forward.

The race to see artificial intelligence ‘save’ the NHS needs to overcome the hurdle of GDPR. BJ-HC looks at the challenges ahead.